Shloka 92

दुर्वासाशापः, क्षीरसागरमन्थनम्, श्रीः (लक्ष्मी) उद्भवः तथा श्रीस्तुतिः

Devanagari script

किम् एतद् इति सिद्धानां दिवि चिन्तयतां ततः बभूव वारुणी देवी मदाघूर्णितलोचना

Transliteration

kim etad iti siddhānāṃ divi cintayatāṃ tataḥ babhūva vāruṇī devī madāghūrṇitalocanā

Translation

As the Siddhas in heaven pondered, “What is this?”, there then arose the goddess Vāruṇī, her eyes unsteady, rolling with intoxicating rapture.

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: कर्ता (उक्तिविषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्गः; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम् — interrogative pronoun, nominative/accusative singular neuter (here nominative)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: कर्ता (किम् इत्यस्य विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्गः; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम् — nominative singular neuter

• इति: thus
• इति: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-निपातः (quotative particle)

• सिद्धानाम्: of the Siddhas
• सिद्धानाम्: सम्बन्ध (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचनम् — Genitive plural

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचनम् — Locative singular

• चिन्तयताम्: (while) thinking
• चिन्तयताम्: सम्बन्ध (सिद्धानाम् इत्यस्य विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्तम् (active present participle); षष्ठी बहुवचनम् — Genitive plural participle (of those thinking)

• ततः: then
• ततः: सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रमवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम्

• बभूव: arose
• बभूव: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः; एकवचनम् — 3rd person singular perfect

• वारुणी: Vāruṇī (spirituous liquor)
• वारुणी: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारुणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः; प्रथमा, एकवचनम् — Nominative singular

• देवी: goddess
• देवी: समानााधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः; प्रथमा, एकवचनम् — Nominative singular (apposition)

• मदाघूर्णितलोचना: with eyes rolling from intoxication
• मदाघूर्णितलोचना: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मद + आघूर्णित + लोचन (प्रातिपदिके; घूर्ण् धातु क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः (मदेन आघूर्णिते लोचने यस्याः); स्त्रीलिङ्गः; प्रथमा, एकवचनम् — Nominative singular feminine adjective

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Identification of emergent beings/energies from the churning, including Vāruṇī

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: revealing

Cosmological Context

Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Even celestial beings must discern appearances; intoxicating powers arise in creation and require discrimination (viveka) to be rightly placed.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Treat pleasure and intoxication—literal or metaphorical—as forces to be understood and regulated, not blindly followed.

Vishishtadvaita: Powers like Vāruṇī are real emergents within the Lord’s ordered cosmos, to be integrated under dharma rather than denied as illusion.

Characters & Entities

• Siddhas
• Vāruṇī Devī

FAQs

What is the significance of Vāruṇī in the Vishnu Purana’s churning of the ocean episode?

This verse marks the manifestation of Vāruṇī Devī as one of the products of Samudra Manthana, showing that even intoxicating powers are cosmic emanations appearing in a fixed, divinely governed sequence.

How does Sage Parāśara explain what the Siddhas are doing in this moment?

Parāśara depicts the Siddhas as celestial witnesses who pause to deliberate—“What is this?”—highlighting the wonder and interpretive attention surrounding each new emergence during the churning.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Though Vishnu is not named in this single verse, the episode belongs to the larger Samudra Manthana narrative where Vishnu’s supremacy and cosmic governance frame all manifestations, integrating even ambivalent forces like intoxication within dharma and order.